Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Halloran (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Halloran. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Halloran is located in Butler County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Butler County: Clay (AR), Carter, Dunklin, Ripley, Stoddard & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Halloran. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halloran:
- Butler County (The home county of Halloran)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
- Poplar Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bluff
- Poplar Bluff is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar Bluff <2>
- Kelly Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Harviell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harviell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harviell
- Harviell is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harviell <2>
- Rombauer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Neelyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neelyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neelyville
- Neelyville is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neelyville <2>
- Fisk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fisk is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisk <2>
- Broseley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broseley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broseley
- Broseley is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broseley <2>
- Oglesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Qulin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Fagus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
- Ellsinore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellsinore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsinore
- Ellsinore is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellsinore <2>
- Grandin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Chicopee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Chicopee is located in Carter County
- Van Buren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Buren have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Van Buren is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 798 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Buren <2>
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
- Fairdealing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairdealing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Gamburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Oxly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Naylor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Doniphan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doniphan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Doniphan is located in Ripley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,919 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Doniphan <2>
- Bennett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
- Bennett is located in Ripley County
- Briar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Current View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Current View is located in Ripley County
- Ponder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Bardley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
- Puxico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puxico have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puxico
- Puxico is located in Stoddard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Puxico <2>
- Dudley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
- Williamsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Williamsville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsville <2>
- Dees Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Mill Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Spring
- Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Wappapello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wappapello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wappapello
- Wappapello is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wappapello <2>
- Piedmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Piedmont is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <2>
- Greenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <2>
- Shook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Patterson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Patterson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patterson <2>
- Silva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silva
- Silva is located in Wayne County
- Bounds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - McGee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Hiram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Lowndes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
- Current View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Current View. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Current View is located in Clay County (AR)
- Moark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Success
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Corning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corning have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Corning is located in Clay County (AR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corning <2>
- McDougal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph County (AR)
- Middlebrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook
- Middlebrook is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Middlebrook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halloran, see our County-by-County Page for Halloran.
Cemeteries Near Halloran ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halloran.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halloran covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
- Kearbey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kearbey Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kearbey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Collins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collins Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Margaret Trainor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Margaret Trainor Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Margaret Trainor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Houts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Houts Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Houts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sparkman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sparkman Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sparkman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Kearney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kearney Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kearney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Beaver Dam Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Dam Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Dam Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bay Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay Springs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bay Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Military Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Military Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Military Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Nunley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nunley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nunley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (268 more) ...
- Three Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Three Springs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Three Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Black River Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black River Cemetery
- Harmony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Three Springs Cemetery
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Halloran had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halloran, with the one closest to Halloran listed first.
- Belcher ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Upalika
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Keeners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Roxie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Hendrickson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hendrickson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrickson
- Hendrickson is located in Butler County
- Williamsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Williamsville is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsville <2>
- Fairdealing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairdealing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Hilliard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Kerrigan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Grandin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Poplar Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bluff
- Poplar Bluff is located in Butler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poplar Bluff <2>
- Barlow ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Ripley County
- Gamburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Hunter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halloran. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halloran.
Newspapers Published in Halloran ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halloran.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halloran, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halloran.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Halloran:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Ripley County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Stoddard County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Clay County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Randolph County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Carter County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Butler County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Butler County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Halloran. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Halloran, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Halloran) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Halloran. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8334, Longitude: -90.6182 In this case, the coordinates for Halloran have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |